Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
GETTING SMART WITH
VOICE RECORDING
Richard Whiteside
ANCIENTHISTORY
Audio-lingual method
Language labs
CASSETTE RECORDING
GETTING SMART
DIGITAL PROJECTS
• Student generated content
• Thousands of apps
• Masses of free content
THE FUTURE OF INSTANT MESSAGING?
• Push to talk
• “While some Chinese might deny it, the culture’s enthusiasm for being loud in public has made push-to-talk acceptable.”
WHY BOTHER?
• Different
• Fun and interesting
• It's not video
• Introduce and practise language
• Encourage self-assessment
• Focus on accuracy
• Data collection
• Create an archive / e-portfolio
• Personalized coaching and feedback
DATA: MATERIAL FOR ANALYSIS
“Although this was a fairly quick and simple activity to carry out, the
information I was able to obtain about the students’ levels was
extremely valuable, as … I could identify individual student’s
strengths and weaknesses, along with general language points which
applied to the whole group.”
TASK TYPES
• Read aloud
• Pronunciation focus
• Listen and repeat
• Talk for a minute
• Compare the pictures
• Pair discussion
• Translation
• Drama
• PodcastPhoto by Wesley Fryer on Flickr
COURSE BOOK ACTIVITIES
Eyes Open 3. Goldstein & Jones. Cambridge University Press.
EXAMPLES
Eleanor
Kirah
Simon
VIEWPOINTS:
THE STUDENTS
“We don’t have to write!”
VIEWPOINTS :
THE TEACHERS
“…took a genuine interest…”
“…put a good amount of effort into their presentations.”
“They made a few notes about feeling nervous…”
“…found it a little distracting or showed signs of
nerves…”
“Students felt this was fairly ‘gentle’ homework…”
ELEANOR #1
Class profile
• 14 years old
• Intermediate
• English File (Unit 6B)
• Pronunciation focus – diphthongs
Task and procedure
• Practice and drilling in class
• Homework follow up – submitted via email
• Students showed a genuine interest
• ”subtle pronunciation errors … easier to appreciate … in an isolated content.”
• Gave personlized feedback.
ELEANOR #2
Class profile
• 12 years old
• A2
• Gold Experience
• Presentations - in class (with PowerPoint)
• Students reacted positively and took the task seriously.
• “Having the presentations recorded added an extra element of interest…”
• Generated “a multitude of language and pronunciation points which can be feedback to individual students, picked up in class or turned into a revision activity.”
• “students were reading aloud … so they were not speaking spontaneously.”
KIRAH
• FCE preparation class
• Homework task
• Submit via email
• Made notes, but…
• Used ‘new’ language
• Feedback on grammar
• Reflection task
SIMON
How popular do you
think these ideas
would be?
A video blogA parody
A comedy sketchA quiz show
An interview
FCE Speaking Part 3
Your school wants to shoot a video in English of an extra-curricular activity…
SIMON: FEEDBACK
• Rewrote student dialogues – adding target language – made recordings
• Follow-up lesson using student recordings as input
• Students repeated task
• Homework consolidation
FEEDBACK
Choose a focus
Transcribe and correct or rewrite
Peer to peer comments
Student reflection and self-evaluation
Recorded feedback
Assessment
SPEAKING AS A PROCESS
Prepare
01
Practice
02
Record
03
Listen and
check
04
Re-record
05
Submit final
version
06
INTEGRATION
• Speaking as a process
• Feedback
• Extension
• Reflection
• E-portfolio
• Assessment
A LOGISTICAL NIGHTMARE?
“Some sound recordings were poor and with others the format required
conversion, which was time-consuming.”
WAYS AND MEANS
• Recording
• File sharing
• File storage
VOCAROO
• Super simple
• Free
• Online – browser-based
• Share or download
VOKI
• Free basic version
• Very easy to use
• Fun!
• Education friendly
• Easily shared / embedded
ADOBE SPARK
• Easy to use
• Free
• Online or iOS
• Loads of free media
• Images
• Audio
• Video
ADOBE SPARK
AUDACITY
• Easier than it looks
• Record
• Edit
• Save files
GROUP CHAT
Advantages
• Popular
• Easy
• Flexible
Disadvantages
• Privacy
• Listening effort
Yulia Speroff
Using Whatsapp for Speaking and Listening Practice
yuliyasperoffblog.wordpress.com
ENGLISH CENTRAL
• Extra practice
• Computerized feedback
• Watch, listen then repeat
• AI feedback
• Different levels
• Lots of videos
ARCHIVE
E-PORTFOLIO
• Free basic (lots of features)
• Capture anything
• Not just speaking
• E-portfolio
• Private and class
SEESAW
• Mobile or online
• Add comments – audio or text
• Parent app
SHARING
Image by Wesley Fryer on Flickr
OVER TO YOU
• Experiences
• Doubts or questions
• Problems and solutions
QUESTIONS?
REFERENCES AND
RESOURCES
• Voice Recording in ELT www.englishvoices.weebly.com
• Horwitz. J. Stop texting right now and learn from the Chinese: there’s a better way to message. Quartz.
• Speroff. Y. Using Whatsapp for Speaking and Listening Practice. Yulia Speroff blog.
• www.teachertrainingvideos.com
